phrasal verb · neutral
run out of
/rʌn aʊt əv/RUN·out·of
speakingtask2
to have none left of something
Examples
“We ran out of time before I could finish question three.”
“I’ve run out of credit, can you call me?”
“The shop has run out of that model.”
Band 8 sentence
“I nearly ran out of ideas for my Task 2 until I remembered an example from a recent news article.”
Collocations
- run out of time/money/supplies
- completely run out of
Word family
run verbran verb (past)running verb / noun
Common mistakes
We are out milk.→We have run out of milk.
I run out money yesterday.→I ran out of money yesterday.
Say it for a higher band
5finish→6be out of→7+run out of
Synonyms
use up
Easily confused
use up
“We used up all the sugar while baking.”
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